Hi,

 I am one of the Golden Beach Villa Scam victims. As some of you may know we are pursuing legal cases here & in Turkey. We urgently need the opening of communications bewteen the UK & Turkish authorities so if you have a spare moment could you please sign our petition to Downing St at:

Merhaba John

   Was out early July and the complex was finished but the builder had dug up 5or6 foundations across the road from the gate. When I spoke to him ,he said he was not sure of what to build there, but to me it looked likely to be more villas.

I noticed on an estate agent's photos that the road had been resurfaced with tarmac and every thing looked pretty good. Hopefully this year we will get a bus service especially with the complex behind us almost finished .

Kind regards

                               Adim

Hi i own no17 Gbv have not managed to go out this year.Has the road been finished yet?Has the complex been finished ! has anyone got any news was this a good buy love to have your opions

regards john

Hi Gimmel,

This message board is for the Golden Beach Villas complex, which is next to Golden Beach Complex, that you refer to. All very confusing.

Golden Beach Complex is progressing well, and Didim Design Group are well established. Get a good independant solicitor, and follow their advice on payments etc.

Send a private message, if I can be of more help.

Regards,

Yeni.

Hi.

Can anyone give me some information, i am from Ireland and last night went to a presentation about golden beach complex, there was an architect there from DIDIM DESIGN GROUP, the presentation was very useful and the architect seemed to be very good, there was no pushy sales speach just simply showed us what he had available and advised us to come and look at them.  The cheapest available apartment was approx 85000 euro, the one we were interested in was 109000 euro, do these prices sound right? or maybe overpriced? Any info would be really appreciated, we are going to Marmaris in september and have arranged for a trip to altinkum to view the properties while we are there. At which stage we would hope to put down deposit.

Many thanks

This villa is a scam see http://www.voicesnewspaper.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&thold=-1&mode=flat&order=0&sid=997

http://itv.utvinternet.com/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=82809&pt=n

Hi All,

  Looking through the builder's brochure I have noticed that all homes are advertised with an alarm system. Would like to know if anyone had an alarm from the builder? Is there a bus into Altinkum yet?

            Thanks      Adim

Merhaba,

Unfortunately, it looks like everyone in Altinkum will now know about Golden Beach Villas, and for the wrong reasons ! Only those that had dealings with Kelly and Co / Anka Construction / O'Kane / Atmaca, are affected. The "real" builder, Mr Akyel has nothing to do with this scam. He has in fact been tryng to contact anyone who was a victim ,so that he could e-mail them directly. Not that he could do much, as he has not received any payments himself. As long as you use a reputable solictor and agent, there should be no worry with Golden Beach. The builder is sound, as is the land and properties. I have my villa at Golden Beach, and a valid Tapu, as have many others. It is a disaster for those that have been taken in by this. You have to be extra careful buying in Turkey, and don't deal with anyone who says they will take care of the whole process, unless you really know them.

Regards,

Yeni. 

****WARNING BE CAREFUL BEFORE BUYING************

You may not be aware there has "potentially" been a huge fraud involving these villas. Many people, mostly from Northern Ireland have been caught out by the "builder" supplying false deeds. See www.voicesnewspaper.com

Merhaba

           Bought our villa late May last year and had the Tapu early August.

         At the beginning of April the gardeners began to weed the lawns.No water in the pools. Spoke to local person who is friendly with a Didim council man who lives down below at the Turkish holiday villas. Having a struggle to get our builder to help, as he promised, to prepare the existing beach for the holiday season. They do'nt think the builder will pay for an extension to the beach, as the law gives the public the use of the 1st  50metres of the shoreline. It cannot be a private beach.

                  From the west side of our complex, a wall has been built up to the road and beyond. Once he sells more villas, he will commence the next phase. In time there will be villas all the way down to within 50 metres of the shoreline. Hoping this information is of some use.

 Regards

Hi there, and Merhaba !

Don't think you can book direct with Onur, but there are lots of  agents that will book you onto Onur flights. Onur are used mainly by Goldtrail for their package holidays, and all you are doing is filling the spare seats. Goldtrail will  do flight only, and people like A1 Travel, Otbeach, Co-Op Travelcare and others who you can book a Goldtrail package holiday through, will also do you a flight only. Amazes me how agents can undercut the main operator Goldtrail ! No problems with Onur as yet, basic but efficient, although some language difficulties with all Turkish cabin crew. Will have to learn some Turkish !

I wouldn't worry as yet about the utility bills. We have never been approched, but I'm sure that they will let us know when the time comes. It's early days at GBV, and I suppose at some point proper methods of paying will be set up, with standing orders, or similar. From what I am told, it will be a function of the Complex Management Structure, put in place by the developer, to read the meters. They will pay the bills on your behalf, and you will pay them. [ No markup, I hope!] So there is no need at present to register with the utility providers.

 As you probably know, it is necessary to have a "Dask", or compulsory earthquake insurance. For buildings and contents, there is a UK company, Intasure, who specialise in holiday homes abroad, but also in Didim there is AXA, at the top of Ataturk Blvd, near Migros, and not far away, Gunas down one of the alleyways, off the south side of Cumhuriyet Caddesi.

Regards,

Yeni

Hi Folks,  Would appreciate info on how to book flights with Onur Airlines.I believe they are as good as other charter airlines and cheaper.Regards.

The international property agents are ruining it for everyone, by  pushing Turkish property prices unnecessarily high. They are taking a big slice of the cake. The builders probably don't benefit either, unless the internationals can provide an increase sales. Often the same property can still be found much cheaper with smaller agents, or locally. A bit of a wind up for those who have already bought at a higher price.

 I count myself  lucky, as I am one of the  fortunate ones who  bought at Golden Beach at the right price. Soon prices will go like Spain, and those with limited resourses will priced out.

Golden Beach is still a good buy, and when completed, will be one of the most sought after locations in the area. There is still a long way to go yet with surrounding developments, and infrastructure.   

Regards to all.

Hello.  Just found this website, have sales brochure for Golden Beach Villas.  They seem to be a very good investment opportunity, it would be adventageous to talk to people like yourself who have already purchased.  Have you been out to see your villas?  If so could you please inform me of the quality and design of same and is the finish up to GB standards.  Thank you.

Cecilia